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The ad lumps into one fungible soup the budget savings that would come from shifting the risk of Medicare’s rising costs onto households, with the trickle-down concept of lower capital gains and other tax rates.

It packs some pretty complex ideas into one short ad, but it’s not so far off.

See this very detailed Washington Post story about how the Ryan “Path to Prosperity” budget proposal would affect one Wisconsin family.

This ad, on the other hand, from the Democratic National Committee, gets points for humor, but not for accuracy:

The web site PolitiFact calls it a “pants-on-fire” lie for saying “Seniors will have to find $12,500 for health care, because Republicans voted to end Medicare.”

That number is based on statistics compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The ad doesn’t mention, though, that the number includes money that would go to Medicare in any case. The CBO estimates beneficiaries would contribute about $6,150 in premiums in 2022 if the program isn’t changed at all. So the extra money seniors need to pay under the Republican proposal is more like $6,350.

Also, PolitiFact rightly notes:

In one scene, the ad shows a senior citizen pushing a walker behind a lawn mower. A teenager looking on eats an apple and says, “You missed a spot.” In reality, people 55 and older won’t see changes under the Ryan plan. It’s actually that teenager — or anyone else 54 or younger — who would pay extra money when they are older.

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